Methods Of Restraint In Addition To The Front Seat Belts - Renault TWINGO Driver's Handbook Manual

METhODs OF REsTRAINT IN ADDITION TO ThE FRONT sEAT BELTs

These are:
– pretensioners;
– force limiters;
– air bags for driver and front pas-
senger;
– side air bags (depending on vehi-
cle).
These systems are designed to operate
independently or together in the event
of a front, side or rear impact.
Depending on the severity of the impact,
the system can trigger:
– seat belt locking;
– the buckle pretensioner (which en-
gages to correct seat belt slack);
– the air bags.
pretensioners
With the ignition switched on, if the ve-
hicle is subjected to a significant frontal
impact the system may, depending on
the severity of the impact, trigger pis-
ton 1 which instantly retracts the belt.
The pretensioners hold the seat belt
against the body, holding the occupant
more securely against the seat, thus in-
creasing the seat belt's efficiency.
– Have the entire restraint
system checked following
an accident.
– No operation whatso-
ever is permitted on any part of
the system (pretensioners, air
bags, computers, wiring) and the
system components must not
be reused on any other vehicle,
even if identical.
– To avoid incorrect triggering of the
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system which may cause injury,
only qualified personnel from an
approved dealer may work on the
pretensioner and air bag system.
– The electric trigger system may
only be tested by a specially
trained technician using special
equipment.
– When the vehicle is scrapped,
contact an approved dealer for
disposal of the pretensioner and
air bag gas generators.
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